On the last matchday of the regular season, KAA Gent held a good final rehearsal for Play-Off 1. The Buffaloes dominated the first half against KRC Genk and took the lead through a header Verstraete. The home team increased the pressure after the break, but Kalu doubled the lead for Gent. Trossard brought his team back to 1-2, but the Buffaloes claimed the win and further secured their 4th place in the ranking.

KAA Gent suffered a bitter defeat to KV Oostende at the second-to-last matchday of the regular season. In the first half, the visitors took the lead through a penalty. In the second half, Gent increased the pressure, but a rare counter attack by Oostende resulted in a 0-2 lead. Gent fought back and leveled through goals from Janga and Yaremchuk, but there was a sting in the tail, as in the 96th minute, a deflected shot from Zivkovic landed in the goal, causing the visitors to claim the 3 points at the very end.

KAA Gent endured a difficult first half away at Waasland-Beveren, who took the lead through a header from Thelin. After the break, the Buffaloes came out strongly, but it wasn't until the last 15 minutes that Bronn managed to level the score. In the 92th minute Yarumchuk sealed the deal scoaring through an assist from Chakvetadze. The Buffaloes claimed 3 points and secured a spot in Play Off 1!

The 50 teenagers with the best career prospects in Europe

CIES analysed the minutes played by each footballer and weighed them according to the sporting level of leagues and the results achieved by employer clubs. Based on that analysis they made a ranking of the U20 players from 22 European competitions which cumulated the most domestic league experience during the last two years. The CIES observes these 50 players have the best prospects of a great career in the top of European football.

Donnarumma, Mbappé and ... Kalu!

Ten players received a 5 star rating. CIES sees these 10 as capable of establishing themselves in the very best European teams. In the top three positions are Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan), Alban Lafont (Toulouse) and Kylian Mbappé (PSG/AS Monaco).

After the top 10 come 18 players with a 4 star rating (including Samuel Kalu) of which CIES states: "All of these players have a concrete possibility to spend the big part of their career in the most competitive European championships."

After a poor first half, Gent was losing 0-2 following goals by Mechelen's Tainmont and Rits. Coming out of the locker room, Gent showed a totally different face and Janga headed Kalu's assist in the net. The visitors faded away and Yaremchuck's header leveled the score. Gent even came close to winning, but goalkeeper Coosemans saved his team.

KAA Gent secured their tenth (!) consecutive home win against K Sint-Truidense VV zijn tiende (!). After just 15 minutes, Kubo took the lead for Gent. The visitors fought back, but couldn't get past Yannick Thoelen. Upon returning from the locker room, Kitsiou quickly got a red card, leading his team to lose strength. Yaremchuck doubled the lead (2-2) and Janga put the final 3-0 score on the board, following an assist from Foket.

KAA Gent dominated the first half, but only managed to create a handful of chances to get through Eupen's well-organised defense. Even though Eupen hadn't created any chances, they did take the lead right before the break. The second half saw chances on both sides, but Gent then increased the pressure, especially after a red card for Eupen's Kone. In the 89th minute, Janga's header secured the much deserved draw for Gent.

KAA Gent won the Battle of Flanders against Club Brugge (2-0). Before the break Gent wasted some chances, but after the break they got what they deserved: Andrijasevic headed Kalu's corner into the net (1-0). Later, Gigot missed a penalty, but Kalu then kicked the rebound in (2-0). With this, The Buffaloes secured their 9th win in a row.

In this battle for the 4th spot in the ranking, the Buffaloes dominated the majority of the game, even though that didn't result in many chances in the first half. Gent did open the score through a header from Yaremchuck, but Limbombé leveled for Antwerp right before the break. After the break, Gent created many chances but Antwerp's goalkeeper Bolat prevented the Buffaloes from claiming a well-deserved win.

2018 got off to an excellent start for the Buffaloes as they won the East-Flemish derby against Lokeren with 3-0. In the first half, Yaremchuk was the most prominent player, but Verhulst stopped him from opening the score. Right before the break, however, Yaremchuk did manage to score and Gent took the lead. After the break, Yaremchuk doubled the lead following an assist from Andrijasevic. Substitute Chakvetadze then put the cherry on the cake and scored the third goal of the night. With this, KAA Gent did not only secure the win, it also reclaimed the fourth place in the league ranking.

Two friendly games in a row is clearly exhausting. Following a 0-1 win against FC Nürnberg yesterday, the Buffloes suffered a 3-1 loss agaisnt FC Union Barlin today. The game was live streamed on Facebook. Gent took the lead in the first half he game (0-1) thanks to an amazing kick by Anderson Esiti, but didn't get to scoring again in the second half. The second half was started with 8 new players; Thomas Foket, Noë Dussenne and Louis Verstraete were the only players from the starting 11 that played the second half.

Today's friendly game (the first of two) against FC Nürnberg ended in a 0-1 win for the Buffaloes. Gent dominated the whole game, but couldn't get through the strong and closed defence of the Germans. A late penalty by Samuel Gigot saved the day for Gent and resulted in a well-deserved win.

KAA Gent and RSC Anderlecht seemed to be equally strong in the first half of the game, and it was Gent who had the best chance to score in the seond half, but Sylla's kick was saved by Anderlecht goalie Sels. Fifteen minutes before the game ended, Anderlecht found a second breath and took the lead. Gent came very close to the equaliser through a free kick by Milicevic, but had to settle for a 0-1 loss in the end. The Buffaloes, however, end the year after a fantastic comeback in which they secured a place in the top 6 of the ranking.

In an exciting first half, the Buffaloes created the most chances, but Standard's Sa had the biggest opportunity to score, which was stopped by a very fine safe from Kalinic. After the break less chances were create, but right before the end of the game, Gigot seemed to have sealed the win for Gent with a header. Referee Laforge, however, disallowed the goal, even though it was entirely unclear what foul it was based on. As a result, Gent saw its win taken away and had to settle with a draw.

KAA Gent did not manage to qualify for the semi-finals of the Belgian Cup (Croky Cup). Rougeau opened the score for Kortrijk, but Sylla levelled quickly. However, Kortrijk took the lead again with not one, but two goals before the break. Gent was the stronger team after the break, but Kortrijk's goalkeeper Kaminski defended their lead. In the end, Stojanovic even managed to score a 4th goal, putting the final score (4-1) on the board and eliminating the Buffaloes from the cup.